nucmednet Chapter 333 Monster
Chapter 333 Monster
Ye Qing'an suddenly looked up, but Yi Moxu's expression remained calm, as if everything was under control.
Ye Qing'an disregarded everything else and stepped out of the bedroom: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Zixiao, however, kept her eyes fixed on the sky outside, her eyes filled with shock and fear.
Ye Qing'an frowned and turned to look in the direction Zi Xiao was looking.
The wind outside was a bit strong. Ye Qing'an squinted and saw that the sky was covered with dark clouds. Among those clouds, a dark shadow suddenly appeared.
"what……"
"Miss, did you see that? Just now, it showed its face again."
Ye Qing'an nodded. She had seen it; indeed, a face had appeared within the dark clouds—the face of a beast. The face resembled a sheep, yet it was different. Sheep have two horns, while this one had three, and its appearance was exceptionally fierce.
"Miss, what is that?" Zixiao asked, her voice trembling slightly. "How could that thing suddenly appear in the sky above our Wangjing City? Could something be wrong?"
Ye Qing'an shook her head: "It looks like a magical beast, but its appearance..."
Ye Qing'an pondered for a moment: "Seven or eight out of ten times it's an ancient magical beast."
"Although it is an ancient magical beast, it is now extremely rare in the world, and most of them have been tamed and become spirit beasts. Wangjing City is under the emperor's nose, and it has no shortage of cultivators with high spiritual power. Even if this ancient magical beast does not have a master, even if it has appeared this time with the intention of causing havoc on the world, the many cultivators in Wangjing City will not allow it, and the emperor will not allow it either."
As Ye Qing'an was speaking, the monster reappeared.
"Miss, look what it's doing! Is it eating the dark clouds?"
Ye Qing'an squinted at the dark clouds, and then the monster reappeared. This time, it appeared entirely in the sky, its huge size making it look extremely terrifying.
However, the monster's behavior was quite strange; it kept tearing at the dark clouds in the sky and stuffing them into its mouth.
Even more strangely, it gradually swallowed up the dark clouds, and the sky gradually cleared up.
Ye Qing stared intently at the monster, a vague guess forming in his mind: "It's a Taotie, isn't it?"
"Taotie?"
"Mount Gouwu is rich in jade on its upper part and copper at its lower part. There is a beast there, which looks like a sheep with a human face, with eyes under its armpits, tiger teeth and human claws, and its cry is like that of an infant. It is called Taotie, and it eats people. It is a kind of... extremely gluttonous ancient beast that eats everything."
Ye Qing'an frowned slightly: "I've only seen descriptions of this ancient ferocious beast in books, I've never actually seen it, I'm just judging from its appearance and behavior."
Ye Qing'an's fingers twitched slightly, as if she wanted to summon Jiuxiao to help identify it.
However, since Zixiao was still alive, she didn't want Jiuxiao to be exposed to the public too early.
As if to confirm Ye Qing'an's words, the monster in the sky quickly devoured all the dark clouds in the sky, and then, as if it was still very hungry, it paced back and forth in mid-air, roaring.
“Its voice is like that of a baby.” Zi Xiao murmured softly behind Ye Qing’an, “Miss is right, this monster’s voice really does sound a bit like a baby crying.”
Ye Qing'an nodded, and then saw someone fly towards the Taotie. Someone took the lead, and others immediately followed.
Taotie looked at those people, but its eyes seemed to be looking at some extremely delicious food.
Ye Qing'an simply walked out of the main house and into the courtyard outside the eaves, looking up and staring intently.
"Miss, please be careful, that's an ancient ferocious beast..."
As Zi Xiao cried out in surprise, Ye Qing'an saw in mid-air that the Xuan cultivators who had rushed forward had formed a circle, trapping the Taotie. Then they took out their respective spiritual weapons and attacked the Taotie.
As the two sides clashed, Ye Qing'an watched from below, but she could still tell that the Xuan cultivators' Xuanling techniques were all quite powerful, at least at the level of Immortals or above.
However, even under the siege of more than ten people, the Taotie seemed to be in complete control and fearless. It exhaled a cloud of chaotic energy, and the figures of those Xuan cultivators disappeared behind the chaotic energy.
Then, the Taotie opened its blood-red maw, and with a gentle inhale, all the Xuan cultivators, along with the chaotic energy, were sucked into its mouth.
"Oh my god..."
Zi Xiao exclaimed in surprise, "Miss, could it be... could it be that all those cultivators were eaten by it?"
Not only Zixiao, Ye Qing'an also faintly heard loud exclamations from other parts of the city.
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes. Jiu Xiao had mentioned the Water Qilin before. It was an ancient divine beast with powerful spiritual energy. Even though its spiritual energy had become weak because it had broken its contract with Gu Duo and was affected by Gu Duo's amnesia, it was still not to be underestimated.
This Taotie is clearly at its peak, and it will probably be difficult to deal with.
Footsteps came from behind her. Ye Qing'an turned around and saw Yi Moxu walking out of the house.
Yi Moxu raised his eyes to look at the sky, his expression showing no surprise: "Taotie, along with Chaos, Qiongqi, and Taowu, is known as one of the Four Ancient Ferocious Beasts. The Four Ancient Ferocious Beasts are naturally not something ordinary people can deal with."
Ye Qing'an recalled the question Yi Moxu had asked her earlier.
Ask her if she had said anything to Ye Qinghao after returning from the palace the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
After she finished speaking, Yi Moxu said, "A storm is brewing."
Could it be that the appearance of this Taotie is related to Ye Qinghao?
Countless thoughts raced through Ye Qing'an's mind. After a moment of contemplation, she lifted her foot and walked towards the door.
"Miss, where are you going?"
Ye Qing'an shook her head: "I need to see my father. You go back first. I'll be fine."
Most of them were stunned by the ferocity of the Taotie, and after a long while, no one went up to challenge it again.
The Taotie seemed to be getting agitated, pacing back and forth in mid-air. After a while, a sound seemed to come from afar, like the howl of some wild beast.
The Taotie suddenly stopped wandering around, looked in the direction from which the sound came, and then spread its enormous wings and flew in that direction.
The sky suddenly brightened, and Ye Qing'an saw the Taotie flap its wings and fly into the distance, gradually disappearing into the horizon.
However, not long afterward, the sound of the gluttonous beast crying like a baby rang out again, seemingly mixed with the sound of chewing with relish.
Ye Qing'an did not stop walking; she went straight towards the main courtyard.
As soon as Ye Qing'an stepped into the main courtyard, she saw Ye Qinghao walking quickly out of the courtyard...